BY-LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD  OP  REGENTS 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OE  CALIFORNIA, 


JUX^Y,    1874. 


OFFICERS. 

§  1.  The  officers  of  the  Board  shall  consist  of  the  Governor, 
who  shall  be  President,  as  provided  by  law,  a  Secretary  and 
Treasurer. 

REGULAR     MEETINGS. 

§  2.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  quarterly, 
on  the  first  Tuesday  of  September,  December,  March  and  June, 
and. the  last  named  shall  be  the  annual  meeting.  The  hour  and 
place  of  meetings,  when  not  fixed  by  the  Board  or  by  the  Presi- 
dent, shall  be  designated  by  the  Secretary.  But  the  Board  may 
adjourn  its  regular  meetings  from  time  to  time  at  its  discretion. 

SPECIAL     MEETINGS. 

§  3.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time  by  the  Presi- 
dent, or   bj-  any  three  members,   through    the  Secretary,  who 


shall  notify  each  member  of  the  time  and  place  of  such  meetings. 
Notices  addressed  to  the  members  at  their  respective  places  of 
residence,  and  deposited  in  the  Post  Office  six  dajs  before  the 
meeting,  shall  be  sufficient. 

QUORUM. 

§  4.  As  provided  by  law,  seven  Regents  constitute  a  qaorum 
for  the  transaction  of  business;  and  any  meeting  may  be  ad- 
journed, and  its  business  continued,  by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of 
the  Regents  present. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

§  5.  The  absence  of  any  Appointed  or  Honorary  Regent  for 
two  successive  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  shall — unless  the 
Board  for  good  cause,  such  as  sickness,  temporary  absence  from 
the  State,  by  vote  of  record,  expressly  excuse  such  absence — make 
it  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  address  such  Regent,  in  v^rritiug, 
inquiring  whether  he  intends  by* such  absence  to  express  his 
desire  to  resign  his  office. 

•     DUTIES    OF     OFFICERS. 

§  6.  Of  the  President :— It  shill  be  the  duty  of  the  President 
of  the  Board  to  preside  at  its  meetings,  and  to  direct  the  calling 
of  special  meetings,  when  they  shall  seem  to  him  expedient. 

In  case  of  his  absence  or  of  his  inability  to  act,  his  place  may 
be  supplied,  pro  tempore,  for  that  meeting  by  any  member  of  the 
Board  who  may  be  chosen  for  that  purpose. 

§  7.  Of  the  Secretary : — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary 
to  call  all  meetings  of  the  Board  when  so  directed;  to  keep  and 
duly  record  the  minutes  of  its  proceedings,  in  a  book  provided 
for  that  purpose;  to  discharge  the  duties  required  of  him  by  law; 
and  to  assist  the  President,  the  Committees  of  the  Board,  and  the 
Treasurer,  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  whenever  required  by 
them. 

In  case  of  the  absence  of  the  Secretary,  or  of  his  inability  to 
act,  his  place  may  be  supplied,  pro  tempore,  by  any  member  of 
the  Board  who  may  be  chosen  for  that  purpose. 

§  8.  (y  the  Treamrer. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer 
to  collect,  receive  and  take  charge  of  all  moneys  of  the  cor- 


poration;  to  disburse  them  on  the  order  of  the  President  of  the 
Board;  to  make  a  full  report  of  his  receipts  and  disbursements, 
at  the  annual  meeting,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the  Board  may 
direct 

ADVISORY    COMMITTEE. 

§  9.  There  shall  be  an  Advisory  Committee  to  assist  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  University  with  their  counsel  in  his  Executive  func- 
tions. It  shall  consist  of  five  members  of  the  Board,  to  be  chosen 
by  ballot,  and  three  of  whom  shall  reside  in  Alameda  County,  and 
to  remain  in  office  until  the  regular  meeting  held  before  Com- 
mencement in  each  year,  at  which  time  a  new  ballot  shall  be 
had.  The  concurrence  of  any  three  members  shall  be  considered 
as  authoritative. 

OTHER    STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

§  10.  In  addition  to  the  Advisory  Committee  there  shall  be 
four  Standing  Committees,  as  follows: 

On  Auditing  and  Finance. 

On  Buildings,  Grounds,  and  other  Property. 

On  Law. 

On  Congressional  Land  Grant, 
These  committees  shall  consist  of  three  members  each  and  the 
Secretary  of  the  Board  shall  notify  and  attend  their  meetings 
and  keep  in  a  suitable  record  book  a  minute  of   their  proceed- 
ings. 

DUTIES    OF     STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

§  ll.  The  Standing  Committees  are  specially  charged  with 
the  immediate  care  and  supervision  of  the  subject  matters  indi- 
cated respectively  by  their  titles.  All  questions  relating  to  their 
particular  departments,  requiring  reference,  shall  be  severally 
referred  to  them,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  keep  the  Board 
advised,  at  all  times,  of  the  condition  of  their  departments,  and 
to  suggest  any  required  action. 

SECRETARY    AND     TREASURER. 

§  12.  A  Secretary  and  a  Treasurer  shall  be  elected  by  the 
Board  by  ballot,  who  shall  give  bonds  for  such  amounts,  and  in 


such  form  as  the  Board  shall  prescribe,  immediately  after  their 
election. 

VACANCIES,    HOW    FILLED. 

§  13.  In  case  vacancies  occur  at  any  time  in  the  Committees, 
or  in  any  of  the  offices  of  the  Board  or  of  the  University,  they 
may  be  filled  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  of  office  at  any  meet- 
ing of  the  Board. 

RULES    OF     ORDER. 

§  14.  The  Board  shall  transact  its  business  according  to 
Rules  of  Order  to,  be  g,dopted  by  the  Board,  and  which  shall  be 
strictly  enforced. 

ORDER    OF    BUSINESS. 

§  15.     The  following  shall  be  the  Order  of  Business: 

1.  Roll  Call. 

2.  Reading,  correction  and  approval  of  the  Minutes  of  the 
last  meeting. 

3.  The  special  business  for  which  the  meeting  is  called,  if  the 
meeting  be  special. 

4.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
•  5.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

6.  Motions  and  Resolutions. 

7.  Unfinished  Business. 

8.  New  Business. 

9.  Miscellaneous  Business,  including  general  conversation 
respecting  the  business  and  interests  of  the  University. 

10.  Adjournment. 

But  this  Order  of  Business  may  be  suspended  at  any  meeting 
by  a  vote  of  two  thirds  of  ihe  Regents  present,  and  a  motion  to 
adjourn  shall  be  always  in  order,  except  when  the  previous 
question  shall  have  been  ordered. 


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